Re: "Type" vs. "Enter" (take II)

["Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Not all documentation projects are slated for localization.

Not all documentation departments have customers for localized docs.

----- Original Message -----
From: "TechComm Dood" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
Cc: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: "Type" vs. "Enter" (take II)


> I truly would love to hear the reasoning behind this ad hoc rule you
> threw out there. I have financial and usability data to back up my
> claim.
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:43:00 -0700, Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> > *BZZT*
> >
> > This is the sort of ad hoc rulemaking that makes the Microsoft
styleguide
> > such a liability for tech writers.
> > The costs and considerations for localizing documentation are
emphatically
> > NOT a driver everywhere.


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